Politics
Power flows through the halls of government and the pages of these books, where visionary leaders, economic forces, and social movements shape our world. Here you'll find penetrating analyses of political systems and ideologies alongside intimate portraits of the brilliant minds who've changed history through revolution, reform, and the relentless pursuit of justice.
Politics Book Summaries
The Least of All Possible Evils
Humanitarian Violence from Arendt to Gaza
Politics
Philosophy
History
Lectures on the Will to Know
Lectures at the Collège de France, 1970-1971, & Oedipal Knowledge
Philosophy
Politics
Theory
Nothing to Envy
Ordinary Lives in North Korea
History
Politics
Biography
High Conflict
Why We Get Trapped and How We Get Out
Psychology
Self Help
Politics
Hijacking Bitcoin
The Hidden History of BTC
Economics
Technology
Finance
Against the smart city
Cities
Urban Studies
Design
Hume
A Very Short Introduction
Philosophy
Biography
Religion
On Human Nature
Philosophy
Psychology
Classics
Butler to the World
How Britain Helps the World's Worst People Launder Money, Commit Crimes, and Get Away with Anything
Politics
History
Economics
The Rare Metals War
The dark side of clean energy and digital technologies
Science
Technology
Economics
What Has Government Done to Our Money?
Economics
Politics
History
The Return of Great Powers
Russia, China, and the Next World War
Politics
History
China
Genesis
Artificial Intelligence, Hope, and the Human Spirit
Artificial Intelligence
Science
Technology
Modern Times
The World from the Twenties to the Nineties
History
Politics
World History
BOOM
Oil, Money, Cowboys, Strippers, and the Energy Rush That Could Change America Forever. A Long, Strange Journey Along the Keystone XL Pipeline
Travel
Politics
Environment
The Conversation
How Seeking and Speaking the Truth About Racism Can Radically Transform Individuals and Organizations
Race
Business
Social Justice
Opus
The Cult of Dark Money, Human Trafficking, and Right-Wing Conspiracy inside the Catholic Church
History
Politics
Religion
Khomeinism
Essays on the Islamic Republic
Iran
History
Politics
A Century of War
Anglo-American Oil Politics and the New World Order
Politics
History
Economics
Freedom and Neurobiology
Reflections on Free Will, Language, and Political Power
Philosophy
Science
Neuroscience
Monopoly Capital
An Essay on the American Economic and Social Order
Economics
Politics
History
Red Skin, White Masks
Rejecting the Colonial Politics of Recognition
Indigenous
Politics
History
Unsettled
What Climate Science Tells Us, What It Doesn’t, and Why It Matters
Science
Climate Change
Politics
The Battle For Syria
International Rivalry In The New Middle East
History
Politics
International Relations
We Have Never Been Woke
The Cultural Contradictions of a New Elite
Politics
Sociology
Cultural
Existentialism
A Very Short Introduction
Philosophy
History
Reference
Philosophy
The Basics
Philosophy
Reference
History
The Great Divergence
China, Europe, and the Making of the Modern World Economy
History
Economics
China
The Race between Education and Technology
Economics
Education
History
The Eye of the Master
A Social History of Artificial Intelligence
History
Artificial Intelligence
Technology
In the Enemy's House
The Secret Saga of the FBI Agent and the Code Breaker Who Caught the Russian Spies
History
Espionage
Russia
A Line in the Sand
Britain, France and the Struggle that Shaped the Middle East
History
Politics
War
Kill Chain
Drones and The Rise of the High-Tech Assassins
History
Politics
War
Bull by the Horns
Fighting to Save Main Street from Wall Street and Wall Street from Itself
Economics
Finance
Business
The Man Who Ran Washington
The Life and Times of James A. Baker III
Biography
Politics
History
Collusion
How Central Bankers Rigged the World
Economics
Finance
History
Sons of Wichita
How the Koch Brothers Became America's Most Powerful and Private Dynasty
Biography
Politics
Business
Churchill, Hitler, and "The Unnecessary War"
How Britain Lost Its Empire and the West Lost the World
History
Politics
World War II
Crash Course
The American Automobile Industry's Road from Glory to Disaster
Business
History
Economics
How to Change Everything
The Young Human's Guide to Protecting the Planet and Each Other
Environment
Science
Climate Change
The Psychology of Conspiracy Theories
Psychology
Conspiracy Theories
Science
Go Woke, Go Broke
The Inside Story of the Radicalization of Corporate America
Business
Politics
The Sellout
How Three Decades of Wall Street Greed and Government Mismanagement Destroyed the Global Financial System
Finance
Business
Economics
An Empire of Wealth
The Epic History of American Economic Power
History
Economics
Business
Maestro
Greenspan's Fed and the American Boom
Economics
Biography
Politics
The Age of Turbulence
Economics
Biography
Business
Network Propaganda
Manipulation, Disinformation, and Radicalization in American Politics
Politics
Technology
Sociology
Hall of Mirrors
The Great Depression, the Great Recession, and the Uses - and Misuses - of History
Economics
History
Finance
The Forgotten Man
A New History of the Great Depression
History
Economics
Politics
The Premonition
A Pandemic Story
Science
History
Politics
